 Weightlifter Ara Khachatryan fails at London Olympics August 3, 2012 - 16:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On August 3, European vice champion and World World Weightlifting Championships silver medal winner Ara Khachatryan failed to lift 165 kg in the snatch, scoring no points at Olympic Men’s 85kg Weightlifting competition. Thus, all of the three weightlifters representing Armenia at London Olympics showed unsuccessful performance. Partner news  Top stories Norway will host Chess World Cup 2013 on August 10 - September 4, 2013, with 4 Armenian players to participate in. Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian is currently 3rd with 4 points, Bulgaria’s Veselin Topalov is 7th with 3 points. European Individual Chess Championship ended in Polish town of Legnica, with 24 chess players winning World Cup qualifications. Gor Minasyan won silver medal, Andranik Karapetyan and Izabella Yalyan both won bronze at Junior World Championships in Lima.   Partner news |  Topic Latest news Car bombs kill at least 20 in Iraq  Earlier, at least 10 people were killed in two car bomb explosions in the predominantly Shi'ite southern city of Basra.YouTube users upload 100 hours of video to site every minute Though the site's growth to one billion users was stunningly fast, Google expects further growth thanks to the rise of mobile devices.CoE Secretary General in Russia for talks with Putin, Lavrov The visit's program will start when the Council of Europe chief meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Sochi.Armenia, Artsakh discuss parliamentary cooperation Bako Sahakyan met with some members of the Armenian National Assembly’s standing commission on foreign relations. |
